“Stop and Frisk” Ruled Unconstitutional in New York City: Attorney General Holder May Strike Down Current Sentencing Rules for Nonviolent and Lower Level Offenders
• August 12, 2013 • Comments Off on “Stop and Frisk” Ruled Unconstitutional in New York City: Attorney General Holder May Strike Down Current Sentencing Rules for Nonviolent and Lower Level OffendersPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Puerto Ricans, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Smart on Crime", African Americans, Blacks, Commissioner Ray Kelly, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Drugs, Equal Protection Clause, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Judge Scheindlin, Justice Department, Latino, Latinos, Low-Level Offenders, Manhattan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York, New York City Police Department, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York Times, Nonviolent Drug Offenders, NYPD, Peter Zimroth, Police, President Barack Obama, Racism, Scheindlin, Shira Scheindlin, The Justice Department, The Obama Administration, U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin, United States
Tiki Barber: It’s All About The Benjamins and Not About The Sport
• March 9, 2011 • Comments Off on Tiki Barber: It’s All About The Benjamins and Not About The SportPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Tiger Woods, Tiki Barber, Women
Tags: Affair, Antonio Pierce, Asian American Women, Broke, Claudia Barber, Donovan McNabb, Ex-Wife, Fans, Filipina, Football, Ginny Barber, Girlfriend, Karma, LeGarrette Blount, Manhattan, NBC, New York Giants, Payback, Pregnant, Reputation, Retirement, Ronde Barber, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tiki Barber, Traci Lynn Johnson, Trifecta, Twin, Twins, Wife
Christmas Songs: “Silver Bells,” From The Film “The Lemon Drop Kid”
• December 19, 2010 • Comments Off on Christmas Songs: “Silver Bells,” From The Film “The Lemon Drop Kid”Posted in Acting, American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, China, Class, Comedy, Crime, Cultural History, Film, Holidays, Memoir, Music, People of Color, Race, Television, Television Series, Weather
Tags: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", "White Christmas", Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Brooklyn, California, Carol Richards, Children, Christmas, Christmas Season, Christmas Songs, Crime, Damon Runyon, English, Hip Hop, Jay Livingston, Jazz Era, KGO-7, KGO-TV, Korea, Lawrence Welk, Lemon Drop Kid, Manhattan, Marilyn Maxwell, Michael Jackson, Midtown, Musical Comedies, Muzak, Nat King Cole, Prohibition, Racism, Ray Evans, Roger Grimsby, Television, The Sixties, TV, Wrestling
The Lynch Mob Mentality Enters the “Mosque at Ground Zero” Controversy
• August 23, 2010 • Comments Off on The Lynch Mob Mentality Enters the “Mosque at Ground Zero” ControversyPosted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Rest of the World
Tags: 911, Atlas Shrugs, Bahasa, Bahasa Indonesia, Balloon Juice, Black Muslims, Blogger, Brigitte Bardot, Burlington Coat Factory, Conks, Cordoba House, Criollo, Daisy Khan, FBI, Glenn Greenwald, Ground Zero, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Islam, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Kenny, Kufi, Little Rock Nine, Manhattan, Masjid al-Farah, Masjid Manhattan, Mestizo, Mouth Breathers, Muslim, Muslim Americans, Muslims, New York City, NIMBY, NYC, OKbomb, Pamela Geller, Park 51, People of the Book, Portugal, Racial Profiling, Robert Spencer, Sheikha, Skullcap, Spain, State Department, Stocking Caps, Sufism, The Iberian Peninsula, The Moors, The Pit, The Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), Under Armor Caps, World Trade Center